Superfund list adds Pantex

Journal Article · Mon Jun 13 04:00:00 EDT 1994 · ENR

OSTI ID:56991

While Congress crafts Superfund reauthorization to see that more money is spent on cleanups instead of legal fees, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency added 24 federal facilities to the National Priorities List of the worst pollution problems. Three Department of Energy sites were added on May 31, despite objections from state and other officials about how sites were selected. The Pantex nuclear weapon plant in Amarillo, Texas, was included despite protests by state officials, while environmentalists claim that {open_quotes}political gamesmanship{close_quotes} kept a Portsmouth, Ohio, uranium enrichment plant off the list. Other DOE sites listed were the Paducah (Kentucky) Gaseous Diffusion Plant and the Laboratory for Energy Related Health Research in Davis, California.

• OSTI ID: 56991
• Journal Information: ENR, Journal Name: ENR Journal Issue: 24 Vol. 232; ISSN ENRRE5; ISSN 0891-9526
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
DECONTAMINATION
IMPLEMENTATION
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PANTEX PLANT
US SUPERFUND